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Freehand Overview

What is Freehand?

Freehand by InVision is the only visual collaboration platform built for full organizations. With pre-built templates, organized spaces tor project management, and interactive widgets and reactions. Freehand centralizes vour entire workflow so that you can ensure alignment at every stage of your process and get work done. Teams can work together both in real-time or asynchronously -- no matter what timezone they're in. No learning curve, no barrier to entry. And with flat-rate enterprise pricing options, Freehand is empowering entire organizations to get more value with each use of Freehand, while alleviating the strain of admin seat license management. Thousands of organizations use Freehand to power collaboration. See why today.

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Product Description

Freehand, from InVision headquartered in New York, is an online whiteboard that enables teams to plan, brainstorm, and draw together. It aims to give everyone a simple way to visually represent ideas with charts, diagrams, and drawings. Whether for mind mapping, creating a customer journey map, or drafting up an org chart, Freehand can help teams make ideas and plans visual.


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Miro provides a full suite of capabilities designed for innovation including diagramming, real-time data visualization, workshops and async collaboration, and built in support for common product development processes. Miro AI extends these capabilities with AI-driven mapping and diagramming, clustering and summarization, and content generation. Miro is the only vendor that lets developers build public or custom applications and server-side integrations, making it flexible and adaptable for any workflow through our SDK, APIs, live embed capabilities, and developer resources. Miro also has the most extensive set of integrations and templates on the market.


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What do you like best about Freehand?

I the brainstorming part. Even though everything like User testing, Roadmaps and all are good features. But brainstorming in general is something that I don't usually find somewhere else as properly implemented as on Freehand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

It hard to say what I dislike because for what it is built it's doing it's job greatly and I appreciate that. But since it's not means for full fledged designing that can be a thing that many people might not like, but I obviously don't judge so hard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is filling the gap of my UX journey. There are dozens of tools that can help you with UI, Figma being the top one as of now. But all these platforms lag in terms of user testing and even brainstorming.

Freehand is helping me deliver great results to my clients as I am a UI/UX designer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Freehand?

We like that Freehand provides us with a collaborative space (for us as the design team and product teams) to explore ideas in a way that is fun and low-stress. We've been using Freehand more in the last year since we've seen the value in using it for low-fidelity POCs. We like doing this because we'd prefer product teams not to have access to our Sketch files. I am excited about the new features, particularly the AI grouping of sticky notes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

There are a lot of features and integrations we don't see a use for, so I'm afraid of it becoming "too much". A big part of the reason I use Freehand is to insert screenshots for reference, and I don't like that I can't rotate them when I want to. We have also been noticing that zooming in and out from the mousepad has not been working sometimes, which is not ideal when it happens in meetings. I wish I could see from a glance which viewers are actively looking at the board, not just have it open in one of their web tabs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

For our larger projects, we have some massive Freehand boards with all of the above (wireframes, mind mapping, whiteboarding, etc.). I'd say Freehand solves the problem of bridging the gap between us as the designers and the rest of the organization. Though I don't find many other users leave comments or sticky notes on our boards (I wish they would), I will typically see them checking out the boards after I've presented to them or had a working session. It allows us the space to think through our ideas before jumping into high fidelity, which is often a temptation for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Freehand?

- It's easy to use overall

- It's easy to learn how to use each feature on the board even for those who use it forst time

- It's easy to register for the new members

- It has integrations with the tools we use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

It took me awhile to find that "Explore" icon is the place where I can add any of the nice templates in the same board. Other than that, I like everything else! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am a UX Research and my job sometimes is to alight the stakeholders arounfd the insight from the research we have. One of the challenges is always make sure that any stakeholder I want to invite understand the interface. With Invision I haven't seen any propblems with that. W tried other solutions like Figma, but it was not so easy to learn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Freehand?

I am a huge fan of InVision Freehand and use it inextricably in my work as a product development professional. I started using it during pandemic and found, to my surprise, it is an amazing digital replacement for a whiteboard. I use it to take notes, gather, organize and review visuals for many different apps/websites and brands we research when design new apps and websites, and to do low-fidelity sketches for the early stages of product design. We also use it to better articulate product features, requirements and bugs to developers on our team. Lastly, we use it to map out high level product architecture and detailed information architecture when creating products.

I have tried other tools, like Miro, and I find them to be too "heavy." I like how Freehand is so lightweight and easy to pick up and run with. We've also used it for client brainstorms and interactive feedback/collaboration sessions with remote and in-person team members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

I don't like that they changed the colors!

Quick keys could be improved slightly (though they are pretty good as-is).

WORK OFFLINE is the biggest missing feature in Freehand! I work on it on airplanes a lot, and a few times the dicey airplane connection has messed up my work.

Otherwise, I'm hardcore Team Freehand! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

It gives me quick tools to create and iterate on low-fidelity app screens and experiences; a great tool for visual design/competitor/branding research; and a great remote/hybrid team collaboration tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Freehand?

Freehand by InVision provides a collaborative whiteboard space, as I can invite anyone to my freehand, we can all work together. It is a great tool for brainstorming. Also, it can be integrated with other products. Freehand is affordable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

Freehand by InVision provides limited image editing capabilities. It does not offer a lot of image editing features like the ability to rotate, crop, or layer images. It does not provide any support for vector graphics. When working on large canvases, it becomes slow many times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

Freehand by InVision provides a collaborative whiteboard space which is good point for teams or groups to work together. One can invite guests to view canvases without giving any editing permissions. Freehand automatically saves a history of the work so it is easy to see the previous versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Freehand?

Ability to organize the interview notes and later analyise. I like locking and unlocking along with duplication of the data. Easy moving and the not to stuffy UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

More templates. especially when I create a template and try to create a new doc, it shows existing tmplates over the one I created which I use the most. so it's always an additional step Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

Analysis of data such as affinity mapping. I also use Freehand to create workflows or process flows to visualize the scale of the project or number of steps for a project to be successful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Freehand?

I like that I can have an entire canvas of designs for a project - both on desktop and on mobile. And the commenting ability is my favorite - I can tag colleagues on specific elements of an asset. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

I dislike that sometimes the system goes down or is inaccessible. There have been a number of times where I have had trouble logging in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's making the creative process better in a remote environment, where many people in different parts of the company need to review and improve designs, or view a mockup for an RFP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Freehand?

I love how easy it is to use. The UI is fantastic for quick learning. The ability to copy and paste from past designs is very beneficial. It is an excellent alternative to complete designer platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

I have no issues with Freehand. This feature mat exists but the option to store design components for quick adds would be beneficial. There are not any immediate problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a product manager, I need to wireframe the work to better brainstorm with development and design. This makes our brainstorm phase much more productive and helps designers move ahead on full-spec work faster. In addition, I have been using this as our interim designer and development loves it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Freehand?

What I like most about Invision Freehand is InVision Freehand can be a remarkable tool and a good way, to begin with, because it offers a simple and intuitive interface, making it easy to get started with creating designs, sketching out ideas, and also an excellent way to share your ideas with others, and prototypes. Invision Freehand is also a great tool for a design collaboration on design projects because design collaboration is an essential aspect of the design process for any organization because it can lead to better communication, increased creativity, faster decision-making, increased productivity, better quality results, and enhanced team building. So in short, Invision Freehand is a great tool for any marketing organization to visually communicate and collaborate on ideas, concepts, designs, and a great tool for faster Prototyping which not only allows marketers to quickly test but also refine their ideas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

Overall, while InVision Freehand has its strengths, limited integration is one of its drawbacks its capabilities may be limited when it comes to integrating with other tools and platforms that your marketing or design team may be using. This can make it difficult to streamline your workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

>On InVision Freehand we can easily visually communicate and collaborate on ideas, concepts, and designs making it easier to deliver advertising campaigns to the existence.

>Due to the simple and intuitive interface, we create faster Prototyping to quickly test and refine our ideas.

>Additionally, the real-time collaboration features allow you to work with other team contributors and receive feedback, which can help you enhance your capabilities and learn from others.

> InVision Freehand can be a top-notch tool for beginners, but it may still require some time and effort to learn and master all its features and functions. If you're serious about learning design, consider taking some online courses or tutorials to get began and build your skills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Freehand?

At first go, I thought it was like Microsoft whiteboard or google Jamboard, but when I dug deeper, I found it has got some templates you can use to make your life easier. Along with that, there are a lot of tools that you can integrate with Freehand, like Figma, Asana, and Slack! All these tools are used in corporate life so often, and there was a need to make something like this to make brainstorming easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freehand?

The pricing, I feel, for the features, it provides for a team, they shouldn't be charging around $5/user/month. The max price they could have charged for this software was something like $2.99/user/month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freehand solving and how is that benefiting you?

Usually, I used to use Google Jamboard along with Slack and all the other apps open in different tabs, sometimes I used split screens though but then the view wasn't that clear. Now I can just integrate Slack and Figma within Freehand itself to make my life way easier. I had to switch tabs for making changes and taking feedback constantly but now with Freehand, I can do it all over one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.